A state senator from South Florida says she will run against Governor Rick Scott in 2014.

"I am planning on running for governor in 2014," West Democrat Nan Rich told a crowd of supporters chanting, "Run, Nan, run," on Wednesday, officially confirming reports from as far back as September 2011.

The 70-year-old, currently the minority party leader in the Florida Senate but soon to be booted by term limits, may face a crowded field: fellow Broward County state Sen. Jeremy Ring, former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, 2010's also-ran Alex Sink, and state Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith are also expected to vie for the Democratic nomination.

"She's been the Florida Senate's most consistent voice from the left," said Republican consultant Brian Hughes, former spokesman for Gov. Rick Scott. "Given that her constituency is the heavily Democrat portion of the state, I don't see how she's anything but formidable in a Democrat primary. Party leaders may want to embrace a chameleon like Charlie Crist, but South Florida Democrats see Rich as a fighter for what they believe."